Meter.



. F. N. GONNE T.

METER. APPLIEOATION FILED JUNE 14, 1909.

Patented Dec.28,1909.

l/VVEAITOR B'ederick N Connei ATTORNEY UNITED STATES FREDERICK N. CONNET, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

METER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

Application filed June 14, 1909. Serial No. 501,895.

the construction of meter tubes of the class commonly known as the Venturi tube,

and the object of the invention is to provide means on said tube whereby one or more connections may be made thereto at any 7 point in the tapering portion of said tube intermediate the usual upstream connection above the tapering portion and the throat.

A. further object of the invention is to connect these extreme, and also one or more of the intermediate points in the tube, with an indicating, integrating or recording instrument, so that if the rate of flow becomes too great for the accurate reading of the instrument when connected with the extreme points, then either one or the other of the extremes may be operated with one of the intermediates, or Where the rate is very excessive both of the extreme connections may be cut out and only intermediate connections used, whereby the difference between the operating pressures is reduced within the range of the recording power of the instrument. The preferreo arrangement, however, where a great range of rates is desired to be indicated, is to provide a plurality of connections at close intervals along the tapering portion of the tube on the upstream side of the throat, and then as the rate increases beyond the recordingLcapacity of the instrument to shift the upstream connection, step by. step, toward the throat which latter connection is permanently retained, thus reducing the distance and consequently the difference in the pressures between the operating points, so that said differencewill fall within the operating range of the recording instrument. As the operating connection is shifted from one point to the other along the tube it will of course be necessary to multiply the readings by a known constant or coeflicient or to change the graduations,

cams, or other mechanism which cont-rol the operation of the indicating, integratlng or recording mechanism.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the usual throat connection, also a plurality of connections from the upstream tapered portion of the tube to a registerlng and recording instrument. Fig. 2 illustrates a throat and intermediate connection leading to one float chamber, also an upstream and an intermediate connection leading to the opposite float chamber, whereby the extreme connections only, or the intermediate connections only, may be used, or if desired, either of" the intermediate connections 'may be used with the extreme connection to the opposite float chamber.

In practice any desired or suitable device of which rest the floats 3 and 1, said floats being connected through racks 5 and 6, gears 7 with the cam shaft 8 to rotate the cam 9 and operate, through the arm 10, the 1ntegrating device 11 and recorder 12, whereby the rate of flow may be accurately registered on the dials 13 and recorded on the record sheet 14. To the apparatus above descrlbed I have also attached to the shaft 9 a hand 31 which moves over the graduated scale 32 for the purpose of indicating the rate of flow through the meter tube. The preferred arrangement of connections between this 1nstruinent and the tube is that illustrated 1 n Fig. 1, in which the cylinder 1 communicates with the throat ortion 15 of the tube 16 through the pipe lawhile the cylinder 2 is connected through pipe 18 to the upstream side of the tube just beyond the tapered portion 19, whereby the difference the water pressures between these points 1s caused to change the relative levels of sald floats. When the meter is used for very high velocities or where a great range of'velocity is desired to be recorded a plurality of intermediate connections 20, 21 and 22 may be used and are shown as being connected a short distance apart from pipe 18 to the tapered ing range of the recording instrument.

These three-way cocks are so arranged that onl the pressure from the one connect on desired is operated at a time on the cylinder 2.

In operation when the flow through the pipe is normal the upstream connectlon 18 and the throat connection 17 are alone used, but when the flow increases to such an extent that the mercury is driven completely out of one cylinder into the other the instrument fails to accurately record the flow, therefore the cock 23 may be turned so as to open communication with the pipe 20 and close that with the pipe 18 thus reducing the distance and consequently the difference in the pressures between the pipes 20 and 17, but if this is still insufiicient, valve 24 is placed in the position indicated in Fig. 1, opening pipe 21 and closing pipes 18 and 20, again reducing the distance and therefore the difference between the pressures at the points now connected. If the difference is stilltoo great to be accurately recorded on the instrument, cock 25 may be operated to open communication through pipe 22 and cut out the other connections, and so on. Any number of pipes may be connected to the tube which may be desired, whereby the necessary reduction may be obtained, the throat connection being referably retained as that portion of thevtu e is usually accurately finished to a given diameter. As each change is made, when an instrument of the class described is employed, a change must be made in the graduations or readings or in the shape or size of the operating cam 9.

A modification is shown in Fig. 2, in which an intermediate pipe 26 is shown as being connected through the three-way cock 27 with the throat pipe' 17, and also an intermediate connection 28 is shown as being connected to the u stream pipe 18 through the three-way 000 29, each of these set of pi es leading to their respective cylinders in 51c rate indicating instrument. By this arrangement under normal conditions connections 17 and 18 will be used and as the flow increases beyond the recording power of the instrument as actuated through these connections, either one ofthe extremes may cock 23, 24 and be operated in conjunction with one of the intermediates, or both of the extremes may be cut out and the intermediates used exclusively, by'which arrangement the difierence in the pressures between the two operating points may be reduced to such an extent as to fall within the operating range of the recording, integrating andindicating instrument. p

In order to obtain the best results the tube should be supplied with annular chambers, shown in the drawings, which chambers are formed at the desired intervals along the tube and communicate with the interior thereof, from which chambers the pressureconducting pipes lead to the rate actuated instrument.

In the drawing this instrument is illusprising an indicating, an integrating, and

a recording device.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure-by Letters Patent, is

1. A- meter comprising a tapering tube having a reduced portion or throat, arate actuated instrument for showing the amount of water which passes through said tube,.a pipe connecting saidinstrument with said throat, a plurality of pipes connecting said instrument with said tube alongthe tapering portion of the latter, and means for admitting the pressures from any of several combinations of pipes whereby the instrument is caused to operate and produce the desired result.

2. A meter comprising a tapering tube having a reduced portion or throat, a rate actuated instrument for showin theamount of water which passes throug said tube, a pipe connecting said instrument with said throat, a pipe connecting said instrument with the enlarged upstream portion of said tube, one or more pipes connecting said in.-

strument with said tube along the taperingportion of the latter, and valves for admit ting the pressures from any of several combinations of said pipes to produce the desired effect upon said instrument.

3. In a meter, the combination with a tapering tubehaving a reduced portion or throat, of a rate actuated instrument for showing the amount of water which passes through said tube, a pipe connecting said instrument with the enlarged or upstream portion of said tube, one or more pipes connecting said instrument with one or more intermediate points alon the tapered portion of said tube, and va ves for admitting tube.

of water which passes through said tube, a

pipe connecting said instrument with said throat, one or more pipes connecting said instrument'with said tube along the tapering portion of the latter, and means for admitting the pressures from the diflferent pipes to said instrument whereby the latter'may be actuated by a great. range of pressures to accurately show the rate through'said 5. A meter comprising a tapering tube having a reduced portion or throat, an annular chamber about and communicating with said throat portion, an annular chamher about and communicatin with the enlarged upstream portion of said tube, one or more intermediate annular chambers about and communicating with the tapered portion of said tube, a rate actuated instrument for showin the amount of water which passes throu said tube, a pipe connecting each of said 0 ambers to said instrument, and valves in said pi es whereby the pressure from any of. severa combinations of said pipes'may be used to produce the desired effect upon said instrument. I

6. A meter comprising a tapering tube having a reduced. portion or throat, a plurality of annular chambers about and com-' municating with the tapered portion of said tube, a rate actuated instrument for showing said 0 ambers to said instrument, and valves in said pipes whereby the pressure from any of several combinatlons of said pipes may be used to produce the "desired effecti upon said instrument.

In testimon whereof I aflix my signature inpresence 0 two witnessw. v FREDERICK ,N. OONNET. Witnesses:

. WM. It. TILLINGHAs'r,

HOWARD E. BARLOW.

the amount of water which passes throu h said tube, a pipe connecting each of 

